Hanamaki Elementary School
Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture

Schoolhouse

Kenji's World

The West Gate of Hanamaki Castle




An Introduction of Hanamaki Elementary School
( A Guide for Foreign Visitors )

Principal : Masahiro Oosaka
Address : 025-0075 Kajyomachi 5-13,Hanamaki City, Iwate,Japan
Tel. : 0198 - 23 - 2376
Fax : 0198 - 23 - 2377

1 An Outline of this school :

• This school , which lies in the center of Hanamaki City, was founded
  in 1873, and has ａ long history.
• Kenji Miyazawa, well known to the world, graduated from this school.
  This is our pride.
• This school stands in the site of an ancient Hanamaki Castle built in1591.
• Surrounded by trees to which wild birds and squirrels come, this school
  has natural beauty with many flowers in each season.

2 Educational Aims :

• To build up character with a noble spirit and a kind heart.
  * the volition 　　* the concentration 　　* a kind heart

3 School's mottos :

•  Child who helps each other rich mind it.
•  Child who learns by often thinking each other.
•  Child who forges tenaciously each other.

4 Guiding Idea :

• To receive each child of any class & any grade as the dearest child of thisschool．
• To improve the ability of each child, with a teacher exercising ingenuity.
• To step up the noble educational environment, cooperating with other teachers.

The History of This School

Characteristic School Activities
School Calendar (School Events)


April Cherry blossom Viewing
This is the day when pupils have lunch at the park next to school.
In Autumn we eat lunch under red leaves.

May A Sports Day
The highlight to observe is a mass game. The 5ｔｈ and ６th grade children move us
profoundly.




A Study Tour
Sixth grade, Matsushima, Sendai direction. Matsushima, Sendai before learning the history of the fieldwork challenge. Children can grow big moment.

　


October A Marathon Race
Chidren run during their break under a blue sky. They join,as the finishing
touches，a marathon race in October.

　　


September "Kenji" Gathering
The １st and 6ｔｈ pupils, the 2ｎｄ and 4ｔｈ, and the ３rd and the 5th become
brothers and sisters respectively and display the works of Kenji.

　
                "shishiodori no hajimari"                                           "suisenzukino yokka"

November "Kite-flying" Gathering
Each pupil make a kite of his or her own and fly it at the riverbed of the
Kitakami river.




January PTA Ski Class
This is the day when the 4ｔｈ through 6ｔｈ grade enjoy skiing. Their instructors
are their parents. When they are in the 6th grade,they can all ski.

　

March A Farewel Party for Seniors
All the younger pupils express their gratitude to seniors and give yells to them.
We enjoy the program.displayed by each grade.





Hanamaki Castle and Our School


A History of Hanamaki Castle

Until the 16ｔｈ Century, Hanamaki districts were ruled by the Hienuki Clan, which was ruined by Hideyosi Toyotomi for the reason of not having joined in "the Odawara Conquest"
Afterwards Hanamaki were possessed by the Nambu Clan and governed by
Hidechika,the second son of Nobuchika (later Kitasyousai). But Hidechika died after
eight years after the wounds at "the war of Masazane Kunohe"
So Nobuchika had to govern Hanamaki, which is very important to control land
and water as a military base of the Nambu Clan.
Nobuchika ,who became the deputy castellan, tried positively to develop Hanamaki.
During his ten-year reign, Hanamaki greatly developed as a castle town.
He ordered his trust-worthy retainers to live in the outworks of the castle, the group of
Samurai in the outer mout, which was called NakaKoji and OdayaKoji. He also made
Samurais (warriors) guard at FuppariKoji and made streets with sharp turns.
As a commercial town, he opened YokkaMachi and Hitoichi as a market and
established Kobunato as a port of water-borne traffic.
Furthermore for the benefit of the inhabitants of a town, he developed KamiYokka-
Machi(Upper Four-day-town) and ShimoYokkaMachi(Under Four-day-town),Daikucho
(Carpenters' town, now Futabacho), and KajiMachi(Blacksmiths' town), whose names
remain even now.
After the death of Kitasyousai, towns people celebrated, as a memory of the great
Lord, a festival, which is now 'Hanamaki Festival'.
In the site of the ancient castle lies "Hanamaki Elementary School."


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